WD97: Macro to Find Selected Special Characters Based on Unicode Value (185290)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q185290 SUMMARY
This article contains a sample Visual Basic for Applications macro
that allows you to search for a special character such as an en space
or em space as well as normal characters (such as a space). The macro
identifies the Unicode value of a selected character and then
displays the Unicode value in the Find What box in the Edit Find dialog
box.
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The following sample Visual Basic for Applications macro obtains the
Unicode value of a selected character. If the length of the selection
is 1 character, the Edit Find dialog box appears with the Unicode
value in the Find What box.
NOTE: You must select the character before you run this macro. If you
name this macro EditFind, it will run when you click Find on the Edit
menu.
Sub EditFindSpecial()
Dim strText As String
' If the length of the selection is 1 character,
' then get Unicode value of selection. Otherwise,
' leave variable set to null value.
If Len(Selection.Text) = 1 Then
strText = "^u" & AscW(Selection.Text)
End If
Selection.Collapse
On Error Resume Next
' Show Edit Find dialog.
With Dialogs(wdDialogEditFind)
.Find = strText
.Format = False
.Show
End With
End Sub
You can assign this macro to a menu or toolbar.
For more information about adding a command to a menu, click Contents
And Index on the Help menu, click the Index tab in Word Help, type
the following text
and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Add a command
or other item to a menu" topic. If you are unable to find the
information you need, ask the Office Assistant.
For additional information, please see the following articles in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
162490 WD97: How to Access Sample Macros for Word 97
171732 WD97: Control Code for Finding/Replacing with Unicode Value
173707 OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles
REFERENCES
For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for
Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:
163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications
Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 6/17/2005 |
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